Molecular Systematics of Plants

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Chloroplast DNA and the Study of Plant Phylogeny: Present Status and Future Prospects

   • Michael T. Clegg, Gerard Zurawski

   Pages 1-13

3. Use of Chloroplast DNA Rearrangements in Reconstructing Plant Phylogeny

   • Stephen R. Downie, Jeffrey D. Palmer

   Pages 14-35

4. Mitochondrial DNA in Plant Systematics: Applications and Limitations

   • Jeffrey D. Palmer

   Pages 36-49

5. Ribosomal RNA as a Phylogenetic Tool in Plant Systematics

   • R. Keith Hamby, Elizabeth A. Zimmer

   Pages 50-91

6. Evolution of the Nor and 5SDna Loci in the Triticeae

   • R. Appels, B. Baum

   Pages 92-116

7. Intraspecific Chloroplast DNA Variation: Systematic and Phylogenetic Implications

   • Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Brook G. Milligan

   Pages 117-150

8. Molecular Evidence and Plant Introgression

   • Loren H. Rieseberg, Steven J. Brunsfeld

   Pages 151-176

9. Molecular Data and Polyploid Evolution in Plants

   • Pamela S. Soltis, Jeff J. Doyle, Douglas E. Soltis

   Pages 177-201

10. Molecular Systematics and Crop Evolution

    • John Doebley

    Pages 202-222

11. Contributions of Molecular Data to Papilionoid Legume Systematics

    • Jeff J. Doyle, Matt Lavin, Anne Bruneau

    Pages 223-251

12. Chloroplast DNA Variation in the Asteraceae: Phylogenetic and Evolutionary Implications

    • Robert K. Jansen, Helen J. Michaels, Robert S. Wallace, Ki-Joong Kim, Sterling C. Keeley, Linda E. Watson et al.

    Pages 252-279

13. Chloroplast DNA Restriction Site Variation and the Evolution of the Annual Habit in North American Coreopsis (Asteraceae)

    • Daniel J. Crawford, Jeffrey D. Palmer, Marilyn Kobayashi

    Pages 280-294

14. Molecular Systematics of Onagraceae: Examples from Clarkia and Fuchsia

    • Kenneth J. Sytsma, James F. Smith

    Pages 295-323

15. Floral Morphology and Chromosome Number in Subtribe Oncidiinae (Orchidaceae): Evolutionary Insights From a Phylogenetic Analysis of Chloroplast DNA Restriction Site Variation

    • Mark W. Chase, Jeffrey D. Palmer

    Pages 324-339

16. The Suitability of Molecular and Morphological Evidence in Reconstructing Plant Phylogeny

    • Michael J. Donoghue, Michael J. Sanderson

    Pages 340-368

17. Character-State Weighting for Restriction Site Data in Phylogenetic Reconstruction, with an Example from Chloroplast DNA

    • Victor A. Albert, Brent D. Mishler, Mark W. Chase

    Pages 369-403

18. Polymorphism, Hybridization, and Variable Evolutionary Rate in Molecular Phylogenies

    • Kermit Ritland, James E. Eckenwalder

    Pages 404-428

19. Back Matter

    Pages 429-434

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The application of molecular techniques is rapidly transforming the study of plant systematics. The precision they offer enables researchers to classify plants that have not been subject to rigorous classification before and thus allows them to obtain a clearer picture of evolutionary relationships. Plant Molecular Systematics is arranged both conceptually and phylogenetically to accommodate the interests not only of general systematists, but also those of people interested in a particular plant family. The first part discusses molecular sequencing; the second reviews restriction site analysis and the sequencing of mitochondrial DNA. A third section details the analysis of ribosomal DNA and chloroplast DNA. The following section introduces model studies involving well-studied families such as the Onagraceae, Compositae and Leguminosae. The book concludes with a section addressing theoretical topics such as data analysis and the question of morphological vs. molecular data.

• Chloroplast
• DNA
• Evolution
• Phylogenie
• RNA
• Tree
• Wallace
• classification
• phylogeny

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